Word: orkney
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Another great feat in the naval history of the war was the mine field between Scotland and Norway, which was planned and executed under the direction of Admiral Sims. This barrage, stretching from the Orkney Islands to the coast of Norway, a distance of about 230 nautical miles, was handled entirely by Americans and laid by a squadron of United States merchant ships which had been converted into mine-layers, over 70,000 mines having been put out into the North Sea. This barrage was undoubtedly a contributory cause of the mutiny which demoralized the German fleet in the fall...